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The year 2012 in the Chinese calendar is the Year of the Dragon.
It began on January 23, 2012 and will end on February 9, 2013.
According to traditional texts, some form of the calendar has been in use for almost five millennia.
Based on archaeological evidence some form of it has been in use for three and a half millennia.
The Chinese year beginning January 23, 2012 is reckoned in the seldom-used continuously numbered system to be 4709, 4649, or 4710, depending on the epoch used.
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